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Seven Cities for Wearing White Pants Year-round

Horrible news. It's time to put those white pants away. That's right—Labor Day has come and gone and as much as we enjoying viewing the outline of your thong (male or female), the look has an expiration date.

Traditionally, white pants season (and relatedly, Sperry Topsider season) lasts from Memorial Day until the very last gasp of summer on Labor Day (ah hem, yesterday). Any other time—wearing white is completely at your own risk. One the other hand, at the beginning of white pants season we rounded up five cities where you can wear white pants year-round.

Now that we've reached the end of the season, here's an encore (plus new additions!):

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And the Top 10 US Cities for Labor Day Travel Are...

In case you're still using up Fourth of July fireworks and BBQ charcoal, let us remind you that Labor Day is right around the corner, so time to start planning for either a long weekend getaway or some relaxing on the home turf. As usual, Orbitz has been playing close attention to the cities being searched for Labor Day vacays, and though it coulda been a cool infographic, the site has released a list of the Top 10 Labor Day destinations in the USA:

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Five World Cities for Wearing White Pants Whenever You Want

Is your name Beyonce or Joe Jonas? Is there a day on your iCal marked "Diddy's White Party?" No? Then you're probably not breaking out the white pants very often during the year. Traditionally, white pants season (and relatedly, Sperry Topsider season) lasts from Memorial Day until the very last gasp of summer on Labor Day. Any other time—wearing white is completely at your own risk...unless you take a trip to one of these five cities that wear white year-round:

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Four Great Places to Make Your Labor Day Gay

Ah summer! That fleeting season of speedos, pool parties and Pride. Just because Labor Day approaches and heralds an end to the sunny summer months, doesn’t mean there’s not still plenty to do, and here are five of our top picks for the best GLBT destinations for Labor Day. And hey, it’s your last chance to wear white without drawing the ire of Project Runway fans, so take advantage!

· Splash Days in Austin

Saddle up and head down to Texas for one of the wildest, wettest Labor Day weekends around: Splash Days in Austin. The main events Saturday are the Splash Dance at Austin Music Hall from 10:00pm-3:00am, with an Adult Swim Afterhours party from 3:00-7:00am at Sky Lounge on the city’s main drag of Congress Street. Don’t waste all your energy the first night, though, because there are plenty more events on Sunday.

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How to Get Tickets to Seattle's Bumbershoot 2010

For better or for worse Labor Day is right around the corner. There’s no escaping the end of the summer season, so rather than sulking away the end of the warm weather we suggest making some Labor Day plans as soon as possible. If a cheap getaway isn’t cheap enough, just join the crowds in Seattle for this year’s edition of Bumbershoot.

From September 4-6, the festival brings together an eclectic mixture of music, arts, and all kinds of other cool stuff. It’s the largest urban arts festival on the continent, so expect to get cozy with over 150,000 of your closest friends. Even if you don’t line up for the comedy shows, indie markets, or weird dance performances there’s always the music. This year is a good one, as Weezer, Mary J. Blige, and Bob Dylan bring the best in music to the masses.

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Three Labor Day Weekend Vacation Deals for Under $300

Labor Day is almost here, which means one thing: three-day weekend. It's your last chance to enjoy the summer with a great quickie trip.

Check out our three picks for Labor Day weekend getaways:

· Bahamas
Travelzoo is offering a great deal to Paradise Island: $299 for four nights in the Comfort Suites Paradise Island and round-trip airfare. You'll also get entry into Atlantis Resort's Aquaventure Water Park (adjacent to the hotel) and a daily breakfast. Warning: It's hurricane season in the Bahamas; hurricanes occur infrequently, but check the weather before booking.

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This Weekend In The World: Dude, It's Labor Day. Whatever.

What Labor Day is all about

Hallelujah, Labor Day weekend has arrived! In honor of this amazing holiday in the United States, we've got a list of festivals and other funky times happening around the country, just in case you don't know what to do with all the extra free time:

· Seattle: The Bumbershoot Festival celebrates the arts with performances from Katy Perry, Jason Mraz, Modest Mouse, and several comedians.

· New York: "Beer Me" is the name of the game this weekend as the Big Apple brings in a big amount of beer for the Great World Beer Fest.

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Five Ways to Kick It In Chicago During Labor Day Weekend

If you're spending Labor Day in Chicago, there's a number of ways you can say goodbye to the summer and celebrate before Oprah practically shuts down the place on Tuesday. Let us give you some last-minute options for your three-day-weekend itinerary. Let us share a few awesome ways to make Monday in The Windy City a Labor Day to remember...

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The National Drink Of Costa Rica Redefines 'Sweet & Sour'

After Labor Day, summer will officially be over, and with it our list of Signature Summer Cocktails. It's been a good run, and to top off the glass so to speak, we'll finish with our tenth cocktail: Costa Rica's national drink the Cacique Guaro Sour.

Like the Pisco Sour in Peru, Cacique Guaro is to be found everything in Costa Rica. Heck, we saw (and drank) plenty of it on our recent Costa Rican Field Trip. It's an alcohol made from sugarcane, so expect the taste to be sweet but eye-widenly strong. In fact, it's an aguardiente, or "firewater" liquor between between 30 and 60% alcohol content.

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Labor Day Travel, Overall Airline Revenue Both In Freefall

It seems like the airlines' current business plan, which as near as we've figured out goes something like "alienate our customers by repeatedly raising a bevy of opaque fees," has failed to reinvigorate air travel. They will still perhaps manage to fill up their planes this Labor Day, but only because they've also dramatically scaled back their fleets:

U.S. airlines will carry 16 million passengers during the eight-day Labor Day period, a 3.5 percent drop from a year earlier. And airlines already are offering discount fares for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's travel...While fewer people are flying, full planes will be more common because U.S. airlines pulled at least 500 aircraft from service since the start of 2008 to better match capacity with sagging sales.

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Get Psyched For Labor Day Travel, If You're One Of The Lucky Ones Going Somewhere

Got big travel plans for Labor Day? We don't know about you, but this has been the summer of discovering places perfect for a quick daytrip or weekender, and according to the AAA, this trend of short-distance vacations will be hugely reflected with Labor Day.

By their estimates, 39.1 million people will travel "at least 50 miles from their homes between Thursday and Monday by car, plane or other means." Sounds like a whole crapload, doesn't it? It does until you realize that this number is a whole 6 million, or 13.3%, from last year's Labor Day traveler count.

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Spend Labor Day Feasting At The Annual National Buffalo Wing Festival

Another Labor Day, another annual National Buffalo Wing Festival. The Buffalo, NY event stretches back to 1992, when Wing King Drew Cerza was inspired to start it by Bill Murray's junk food addicted character in "Osmosis Jones." Over the years, it's grown from a small competitive eating spectacle to a full-blown convention--hosting over 400,000 total people, generating over $125,000 for New York charities, and even serving as the site of a wedding.

This year's gala promises to build on last year's gigantic festival, where more than 78,000 people consumed over 27 tons of wings.

Buffalo Wing Festival organizers are fond of describing the spectrum of sauces as stretching from the mild to the suicidal, with dozens upon dozens of stands serving their specialties. The "Official Wing Sauce of the National Buffalo Wing Festival," Frank's RedHot, will be given away from a booth at the festival. There are also a variety of eating contests, including one that involves bobbing for chicken wings in a vat of blue cheese.

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